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Love allows understanding to dawn, and understanding is precious. Where you are understood, you are at home. Understanding nourishes belonging. When you really feel understood, you feel free to release yourself into the trust and shelter of the other person's soul.

Love allows understanding to dawn, and understanding is precious. Where you are understood, you are at home. Understanding nourishes belonging. When you really feel understood, you feel free to release yourself into the trust and shelter of the other person's soul.

Approximate author period: c. 1982 AD · modern

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John O'Donohue
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Approximate author period: c. 1982 AD · modern
Approximate author-period anchor from life dates 1956 to 2008; Wikidata Q1239495, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1239495 (accessed 2026-10-08). Not a quotation composition date.
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